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Originally Posted by nik-
I think if we dismissed the problems of black people in the US in the same way we dismiss the problems of natives in Canada, we'd be looked upon as incredibly racist and insensitive.
Basically replace natives with any other ethnic groups and people would be uncomfortable with how they're treated. Not sure why it's generally accepted (at least on a much broader level than other groups). I'm guilty of it too.
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I would argue that its not as much that we dismiss the problems of natives, the sheer amount of money being spent on that kind of argues the opposite.
At this point what's being ignored is the sheer native on native issues where they're being screwed over by their own leadership, and that's becoming a bigger problem.
The solution is to modernize the governments expectations and roles here, but nobody wants to do it because there's not enough agreement to make that change.